Listed Building: PRESTON BROOK TUNNEL ENTRANCE (1104925)

SJ 58 NE PRESTON BROOK C.P. NORTHWICH ROAD 8/107 Dutton Preston Brook Tunnel Entrance II Canal tunnel linking south end of the Bridgewater Canal with the Trent and Mersey Canal Circa 1777. Of red brick with stone dressing to tunnel ends. The tunnel is without tow path therefore bridges, linked to a ground level horse track, form the tunnel ends. The only access point is at the "Talbot Arms" on the A533 Northwich Road at Dutton. The bridge at the south end of the tunnel is of blue bricks with stone arch ring, projecting carriage arch, parapet abutments and coping; these features have been lost at the north end, which has been rebuilt in red facing bricks. Listing NGR: SJ5703379913